# absorption
## English
### Etymology

First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb +‎ -tion.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /əbˈzɔːp.ʃn̩/, /əbˈsɔːp.ʃn̩/
* (US) IPA: /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/, /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩/, /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩/, /əbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: ab‧sorp‧tion

### Noun

absorption (countable and uncountable, plural absorptions)
* The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
** (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land. [Attested from the late 16th century until the mid 18th century.]
** assimilation; incorporation. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
    the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
    the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
** (physical chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
    the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
** (meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
** (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
* Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
    absorption in some employment
* Mental assimilation. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
* (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

#### Derived terms

* absorptance
* absorptiometer
* absorptiometric
* absorptiometry
* absorptional
* absorption band
* absorption cell
* absorption coefficient
* absorption costing
* absorption dynamometer
* absorption edge
* absorption factor
* absorption hygrometer
* absorptionism
* absorptionist
* absorption line
* absorption nebula
* absorption pipette
* absorption refrigerator
* absorption spectroscopy
* absorption spectrum
* absorption system
* absorptive
* atomic absorption spectroscopy
* bioabsorption
* Chappuis absorption
* dielectric absorption
* electroabsorption
* fluorine absorption dating
* hyperabsorption
* immunoabsorption
* interabsorption
* isoabsorption
* magnetabsorption
* magnetoabsorption
* malabsorption
* nonabsorption
* overabsorption
* phonoabsorption
* photoabsorption
* preabsorption
* reabsorption
* self-absorption
* shock absorption

#### Related terms

* adsorption
* sorption

#### Translations

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### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorption”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
* “absorption”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “absorption”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* probations, saprobiont

## Danish
### Noun

absorption c (singular definite absorptionen, plural indefinite absorptioner)
* absorption

#### Synonyms

* absorbering

### Further reading

* “absorption” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Finnish
### Noun

absorption
* genitive singular of absorptio

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

absorption f (plural absorptions)
* absorption, swallowing, taking

### Further reading

* “absorption”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Derived from Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”).

### Noun

absorption c
* absorption

#### Derived terms

* absorptionsförmåga
* absorptionskylare
* absorptionslinje

#### Related terms

* absorbera

#### See also

* adsorption
* resorption

### References

* absorption in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* absorption in Svensk ordbok (SO)